thanks ladies so its not neccessary to ask for a hcg test to check if the levels are going up so can see all is ok?sorry i feel im re asking the same question i just dont know what to doooooo!!!i just dont feel pregnant this time is all except sore boobs is all yet i did yet another test yesterday and the line came up so dark even before it had properly been ready so im assuming alls ok i just cant help worrying i was so tired and not real sick but still enough to know last time maybe i will just be lucky and guess just have to wait few weeks untill a scan.
HCG levels are a good indicator of things, but I wouldn't want to do more blood tests than you have to. I guess I didn't have to wait for my scan as I didn't work out I was preggie until 9 weeks. In the meantime you'll have to take up knitting or something I guess!
In general I think it's not standard practice to have hcg levels monitored with blood tests, but if you really want it done, then have a chat to your doctor because I'm sure most doctors would be happy to let you have it done if you are worried and it would reduce your anxiety levels.
EDIT: Just wanted to add... Remember though that hcg levels are not always indicative of a healthy or non-healthy pregnancy. I didn't have hcg levels monitored with my first pregnancy that ended in us losing our angel, but when I questioned my Ob about whether we would have know earlier if we had monitored hcg levels, he said no because all the right hormones in my case were being made. On the flip side, there have been a lot of ladies on this site that have had hcg levels that didn't look like they were rising the "right" amount that have gone on to have perfectly healthy bubs...
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